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, Horaceif p la- NTOR April 7, 1942. H, F HELPS 3,279,245

PACKAGE Filed March 21, 1939 Patented Apr. 7, 1942 s i lPATENT OFFICE UNITED STATE PACKAGE Horace F. Phelps, Montgomery, Ala. Application March 21, 1939, Serial No. 263,283

1 Claim.

in construction, eficient in operation and eco-.

nomical in manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claim and annexed drawing.

One of the flaps-| 2 is fashioned-with a substantially lingulate slot l3 defining a tongue or tab It, the latter being integrally connected to the wall Band disposed over the upper ends of the respective overlapping sections it when said wrapper is in closed condition.

Interposed between the walls 6 and dis a severing strip 15, the latter preferably constructed of pliable and colored material, for instance cel- Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package having a wrapper constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same, il-

lustrating the wrapper in partly opened position.

-Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the upper section of the package illustrating the initial operation in the opening of the wrapper. Figure 4 is a perspective view illustratingthe construction of thewrapper on the bottom of the package.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the blank of material from which the wrapper is formed.

Figure 6 is a detail sectionalview taken on the line 66 of Figure 5.

In practicing my invention, I provide a package fashioned with said wall 8.

' At the jointures of the end sections l0 witlr the ends of the wall 8,. the walls 9 are provided with folded tucks l I for effecting a neat fit of the wrapper about the package. The tucks define an inner depending flap l2, the latter folded and integrally connected to the wall 8 and over which are disposed the upper ends of the overlapping sections Ill.

lulose or the like. under face of the wall 3 by cement or the like and is 'of a width less than the width of said severable wall 8.

The side edges of the strip l5 define lines of severage on the wall 8. One end of the strip terminates inwardly an appreciable distance from the end of the wall 8 oppositely disposed from the end on which the tab it is disposed. The opposite 1 end of the strip I 5 is formed with a normally The wrapper is infolded section constituting a tongue or tab it and which is securedto the under face of the tab it and between the latter and ,the upper ends of the sections in as clearly illustrated in Figures 1' and 4 of the drawing. The tabs are normally maintained folded against the outer faces of the upper ends of the sections Ill by glue or the like and are adapted to be released therefrom by the operator's fingernail or a suitable instrument.

The lower ends of the walls of the wrapper are folded over the bottom of the package and secured in overlapping relation by means of cement or the like and as clearly illustrated in Figure 4. The fold line for forming the heretofore described walls, end sections, flaps and tucks are indi-' cated by the dash and dot lines in Figure 5 of the .drawing. In use, the wrapper is opened by loosening the ends of the tabs as illustrated in Figure .3 and by pulling the same with the fingers sharply across the top of the wrapper whereby the adhering portion of the wall 8 is severed or torn along the lines of severance defined by the edges of the strip l5. .The openable wall 6 of the package is thus exposed for manipulation to permit access to the contents of said package.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a simple and efiicient meanswhereby a wrapper of a cigarette package or the like may be conveniently and quickly opened.

It is obvious that the invention is not confined to the herein described use therefor as it may trated and described, as the same is only illus- The strip is secured to the trative of the principles of operation, which are lapping 'end flaps and covering the bottom wall by overlapping folding of the end flaps, the tab deilnina portionformina an extension of one end of the top wall covering section, the overlapplnl flaps oi the end wall covering sections havinc folded-in tucks adjacent the ends of the top section, so that the notch from which the tab is struck will be contracted, a severing strip'secured to the underside of the top wall wrapper section and the tab to define a severable portion 'of the said end wall section, and adhesive for detachably connecting the tab portion of the wrapper over the adjacent portion of the end wall covering flaps.

' HORACE I". PHELPS, 

